Silver - Day 2 - 25th April 2012

Lot 1064

A fine and impressive Victorian silver-gilt dressing table mirror

Estimate £8,000 - £12,000 | Hammer £30000

+ Buyers Premium

Description

A fine and impressive Victorian silver-gilt dressing table mirror, by Frederick Elkington, Birmingham 1889, shaped arched rectangular form, the sides chased with figures, cherubs and foliate decoration, and applied with ribbon-tied drapes held by two cast cherubs, the top applied with a central crowned and monogrammed oval cartouche, and applied with two cast cherubs holding an olive branch and a torch, the gilded metal back with a silver gilt easel strut support, on two bracket feet, height 88cm, width at base 62.5cm.